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Bag Fastener.l

' Patented vMay 24,1859.

WILLIAM P. MAXSON, OF ALBION, WISCONSIN.

BAG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 24,133, dated May 24, 1859.

To allwhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, "W: P. MAXsoN, of the town of Albion, county ofDane, and State of idlisconsin, have invented a new and ImprovedBag-Fastener; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and eXact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,and making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an innerview. l? ig. 2, view of detached portions. Fig. 3, a perspective view,and Fig. 4, a side view.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a bag fastener of anoblong piece of plate metal, having its inner surface grooved, and twosegments of the middle portion punched out, so as to admit the stringand fasten it firmly to the bag, and in so fastening the string to theplate that it shall, when tied, form a wedge on both sides, which incombination with the grooves holds the string perfectly firm.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to 'describe its construction and operation.

A, represents an oblong piece of plate metal of any required thickness,having the grooves cl, d', cut on its inner surface and the segments c,c, punched out from the plate.

B, represents the string, which is attached to the plate by passing itthrough the holes made by the segments, c, c.

E, is a ring and hook for the purpose of holding the end of the stringafter being fastened so as to secure it against accidents.

The operation will be clearly seen.

First pass the string B, through one 0f thesegments c, c, then through aportion of the bag, also through the other segment, so that when it isdrawn up it is firmly secured to the bag. Next pass the ring E upon thestring. Then gather up the mouth of the bag, and pull the string firmlybetween the grooves of the plate, and the string, on each side, whichoperate as wedges to hold the string more firmly the tighter it isstrained.

Then pass the string underneath the hook,

and the bag is tied. y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The employment of the oblong, grooved faced plate A or its equivalenthaving two segments of its middle portion punched out, so as to admitthe string and fasten it to the bag, in combination with the string B,and ring E, when constructed to operate upon the principle of the wedge,substantially as, and for, the purpose set forth.

WM. P. MAXSON.

Witnesses:

A. B. LAwToN, W. C. SILVERTHORN.

